Bookmunch

September 23, 2018September 22, 2018 bookmunch

“Shelley aficionados will find little new here” – In Search of Mary Shelley by Fiona Sampson

September 21, 2018September 22, 2018 bookmunch

Here’s what we thought of the Booker shortlist 2018

September 21, 2018September 2, 2018 bookmunch

“The first lesser deWitt” – French Exit by Patrick deWitt

September 20, 2018August 16, 2018 bookmunch

“Where the novel stumbles is in its pacing” – Devil’s Day by Andrew Michael Hurley

September 19, 2018September 15, 2018 bookmunch

‘All manner of tap-tap-tapping on the ceilings and the walls” – The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

September 18, 2018September 16, 2018 bookmunch

“A wry, amusing account ” – The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

September 17, 2018September 16, 2018 bookmunch

“Firmly in the kooky-annoying camp” – The Changeling by Joy Williams

September 14, 2018September 9, 2018 bookmunch

“Entertaining and affable” – Gloucester Crescent by William Miller

September 13, 2018September 8, 2018 bookmunch

“Wrestles with big topics” – The Devil’s Highway by Gregory Norminton

September 12, 2018September 8, 2018 bookmunch

“Thoughtful perspectives” – Paris Echo by Sebastian Faulks

September 11, 2018September 8, 2018 bookmunch

‘The Restraint of Cowboys, anyone?’ – The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

September 10, 2018September 7, 2018 bookmunch

“A celebration of trailblazers everywhere” – Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

September 7, 2018August 16, 2018 bookmunch

“It’s a gentler read than his other books” – Lake Success by Gary Shteyngart

September 6, 2018August 11, 2018 bookmunch

“Has a lot to offer anyone interested in literature in general” – Late Essays by JM Coetzee

September 5, 2018September 2, 2018 bookmunch

“Distorted reality, broken reality, ugly reality” – Best British Short Stories 2018, ed. by Nicholas Royle

September 4, 2018September 3, 2018 bookmunch

“A lot of kids would get an almighty kick out of this” – Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein by Jennifer Roy

September 3, 2018September 4, 2018 bookmunch

“We have a writer who is carving out an eminent oeuvre” – From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan

September 3, 2018 bookmunch

August: On The Pile

August 31, 2018August 30, 2018 bookmunch

“Has much to recommend it” – Normal People by Sally Rooney

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 bookmunch

“Quiet outrage, humble love” – Sea Prayer by Khalid Hosseini

August 29, 2018August 26, 2018 bookmunch

“Measured and balanced” – 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

August 28, 2018August 27, 2018 bookmunch

“Dead cats, Nazi bombs and spare car parts” – Milkman by Anna Burns

August 27, 2018August 21, 2018 bookmunch

“Scathing and heartbreaking in equal proportion” – Sabrina by Nick Drnaso

August 24, 2018August 21, 2018 bookmunch

“Such a grind” – Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

August 23, 2018August 21, 2018 bookmunch

“Hilarious and depressing and rage-inducing in equal measures” – The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

August 22, 2018August 21, 2018 bookmunch

Books You Really Should’ve Read By Now (no. three million and eleven): The Magic Christian by Terry Southern

August 21, 2018August 12, 2018 bookmunch

“Whimsical, funny, odd, sweet” – Coyote Doggirl by Lisa Hanawalt

August 20, 2018August 19, 2018 bookmunch

“A promising debut” – Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

August 17, 2018August 15, 2018 bookmunch

“Flawlessly executed, bold and provocative” – The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman

August 16, 2018August 15, 2018 bookmunch

“It just doesn’t work anywhere near hard enough” – Ice Cream Man Vol.1: Rainbow Sprinkles by W Maxwell Prince & Martin Morazzo